Device for distributing odors.



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(Application filed Aug. 28, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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CHARLES T. BRADSHAW, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING ODORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,689, dated August 20, 1901.

Application filed August 28, 1900. Serial No. 28,327.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CHARLES T. BRADSHAW, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Device for Distributing Odors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for distributing odors, such as perfumes, for the purpose of rendering the air in the livingroom pleasant and medicated vapors in the sick room or hospital either for medicinal purposes or for fumigating the atmosphere.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described to be used in combination with a rotary fan and so constructed as to distribute the vapor throughout the room as the fan revolves.

With this main object in view myinvention consists in providing a reservoir adapted to hold the odors having means for securing the same to a rotary fan, also in having means connected with said reservoir for spraying or discharging the said odors as the same is revolved, the air-currents produced by the gymtions of the fan-blades serving to distribute the odors throughout the room.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference are used to indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary desk-fan having my device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of my device detached from the fan. a central vertical section through the same, the outer portions of the tubes being partially broken away. Fig. i is a sectional elevation showing two compartments in the supplyreservoir. 7

In carrying out my invention I provide a preferably circular receptacle ct, which serves as a reservoir to hold the perfume or other odorous agent. This'r'eservoir may comprise a single compartment or it may be divided into two or more compartments such, for instance, as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the draw ings, in which two compartments are shown.

Fig. 3 is (No model.)

Each compartment is provided with a fillingopening having a screw-threaded plug, as b, for closing the same. v

Extending from the edges of the reservoir 0. are the hollow tubes 0, arranged diametrically opposite each other, having their free ends preferably curved, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The ends d of the tubes 0 are tapered or flattened out, as shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose of partially closing or reducing the opening at this end of said tubes, so as to produce a very fine spray when the device is in operation.

Theinterior of the tubes 0 are provided with wicks e, which extend from the ends of the tubes to the reservoir a, passing through said reservoir, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This wick e may be curled around inside of the reservoir so as to become thoroughly saturated with the odorous material.

In the event of two or more compartments being used in the reservoir a, a screw-valve or other suitable cut-off, such as illustrated atf, Fig. 4-, would be employed for the purpose of cutting off communication with all but one of said compartments.

The rear face of the reservoir Ct is prefer ably made in the form of an inverted cone, (see Fig. 3 of the drawings) the purpose of this being to allow of the device being centered against the end of the fan-shaft when being applied to the fan. In Fig. 3 my device is shown as applied to a rotary fan and motor such as ordinarily used in living-rooms or office, the reservoirbeing secured to the fanblades by means which will presently be de: scribed. The tubes 0 are so proportioned as to extend out to a point near the ends of the blades, this being the point of greatest agitation in fan-motors.

On the rear face of the reservoira I secure the flexible wires 9 by means of the straps h and by means of which the device may be secured to the fan blades. Other means for securing the device to the fan could, however, be used.

My invention can also be applied to ceiling-fans by securing the reservoir a directly to the fan-blades at a point near the central suitable pivot and having onetube, such as c, extending from the reservoir to a point near the free end of the fan-blades. I

In operation, the device having first been securely fastened to the fan-blades and the fan caused to revolve, the liquid odorous agent in the reservoir a will be centrifugal force, and the wicks 6 will become thoroughly saturated with said liquid and forced out through the openings in the ends cl of the tubesc in a very fine spray, and the blast created by the revolving fan-blades will distribute the odors throughout the room.

I have found my device to be very useful in the sick-room for distributing medicated vapors and specially advantageous in hospitals for this purpose. It has also received great favor for ordinary household and office use in furnishing a pleasing perfume to the atmosphere.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a device for distributing odors, the combination of a revolving closed reservoir, adapted to hold the odorous liquid, one or more tubes connected with said reservoir, small openings provided in said tubes adjacent their free ends, and wicks passing through said tubes and into the reservoir, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a'revolving fan, a receptacle or reservoir adapted to hold an odorous liquid, means for securing said reservoir to the fan so as to revolve therewith,

agitated by one or more radially-disposed tubes extending from said reservoir having reduced outer ends, a small spraying-opening provided in each of said reduced ends, and wicks provided in said tubes and entering the reservoir, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a revolving fan, of a reservoir adapted to hold an odorous liquid, means for securing said reservoir to the fan, so as to revolve therewith, hollow tubes extending from the reservoir to a point near the ends of the fan-blades and inclose proximity to said blades, having their ends curved and reduced at the points, a spraying-opening formed in the said reduced ends, and a wick or feeding medium provided in said tubes extending within the reservoir, substantially as described.

4:. The combination with a revolving fan, of a reservoir, a, having a cone-shaped face for centering the same on the fan-shaft, two or more compartments formed in said reservoir, a hollow tube extending from each compartment to a point near the ends of the fanblades, an atomizer formed in the end of each tube, and Wicks extending from the reservoir to the end of each tube, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of August, A. D. 1900.

7 CHARLES T. BRADSHAW.

In presence of-- CHARLES H. SPEOKMAN, J NO. '1. CRoss. 

